5484

 

II  

Designated  

30/01/1968  

28/05/2003  

Hen Ysgol and schoolhouse  

 

Isle of Anglesey  

Cwm Cadnant  

 

Llandegfan  

256634  

374097  

N  

Set back from the N side of Bro Llewellyn at the N end of the village of Llandegfan.  

Education  

 

Early C19 National School and schoolhouse, built on church lands in 1832; entrance door added in 1901, to commemorate visit of Queen Victoria.  

Early C19 school with schoolhouse adjoining. Built of mortared uncoursed rubble with large quoin stones. Low pitched slate roof of small slates, with rendered rectangular stacks with capping. The school has slightly recessed 30-paned sash windows. The entrance via a gabled porch, the doorway has flanking unequal sash windows of 6 panes and there is a slate plaque over which reads: This building / was restored in the year 1901 / In Memory of / Her Most Gracious Majesty / Queen Victoria / who visited Anglesea / with her mother the Duchess of Kent / in the year 1832. To L of the porch is another slate plaque which reads: Her Royal Highness The / Duchess of Kent / Munificently contributed £50 / towards the erection of this / schoolhouse / August / 1832. The schoolhouse has a doorway in the front elevation, offset to L and replacement casement windows to R; rear door offset to L with 1st floor window over. All ground floor openings have slate lintels, 1st floor windows set directly under eaves  

The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey.  

Listed as a good and little altered early C19 school and schoolhouse which retains much of its original character in plan and materials and the retention of small-paned sash windows.